31 Friday

Spanish 1

I can

• Use AR verbs with unit 1's vocabulary and grammar

We did what we did yesterday but this time with unit 1. There was a writing activity to finish sentences and use adjectives. Students made a T-chart to review me gusta and no me gusta before we went deeper and reviewed its modifiers (mucho, nada, ni ... ni, etc.). Then students used chopsticks to pick out two adjectives, which they used in a dialogue with a partner.

Spanish 2

I can

• Follow class procedures
• Explain why Spanish is important

Students will wrote a paragraph in English to respond to one of two prompts about learning Spanish. We reviewed procedures and continued with PBIS procedures. Each student made and studied flashcards with questions from the Actividad Oral worksheet, which they should do outside of class or during class if they finish early to review difficult vocabulary (Quizlet has premade online flashcards that go with the book). We touched on parts of speech and how learning a foreign language can help one's understanding of English. Students attempted to communicate without words, and then we discussed Latin American culture. The last assignment was be to write a structured one-page paper in English about why it's important to learn a foreign language in general and/or Spanish in particular in the US.